BREAST CANCER

Updated findings of the MONARCH 3 trial of abemaciclib added to a nonsteroidal aromatase inhibitor presented at ESMO 2022 revealed prolonged overall survival in hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer.

Sacituzumab govitecan demonstrated promising progression-free survival efficacy in patients with HR+/HER2-low and IHC0 status metastatic breast cancer, showing its potential as a future treatment option.

William J. Gradishar, MD, discusses the most recent evolutions in the management of patients with advanced breast cancer.

Hot flashes related to adjuvant hormone therapy were predictive of worse breast cancer outcomes, according to research on disease-free survival and treatment discontinuation in patients with and without hot flashes.

A case report for zenocutuzumab supports emerging evidence that NRG1 fusions are targetable driver mutations in metastatic breast cancer.

During a Targeted Oncology case-based roundtable event, Alison K. Conlin, MD, discussed with participants their choice of first- and second-line therapy for a patient with triple-negative breast cancer.

Patients with either breast cancer, endometrial cancer, or ovarian cancer have started treatment with XMT-1660 in a phase 1 clinical trial.

Sanofi has discontinued the clinical development program for amcenestrant due to unsatisfactory results from the phase 3AMEERA-5 trial.

During a live virtual event, Elizabeth Ann Mittendorf, MD, PhD, discussed the case of a patient with triple-negative breast cancer whose disease progressed following adjuvant dose-dense doxorubicin plus cyclophosphamide with paclitaxel, then frontline gemcitabine and carboplatin. This is the second of 2 articles based on this live event.

Positive findings from the phase 3 EMERALD study led to a new drug application for elacestrant as treatment of estrogen receptor-positive, HER2-negative advanced or metastatic breast cancer. The FDA has granted the application priority review.

Based on findings from the interim phase 1 portion of a trial examining ART4215 in combination with talazoparib in BRCA deficient breast cancer, a phase 2 portion will be initiated.

Evanthia Roussos Torres, MD, PhD, discusses the next steps and novel therapies currently showing promise in the HER-2 negative breast cancer space.

In an interview with Targeted OncologyTM, Debra Patt, MD, PhD, MBA, FASCO, discusses the impact of delayed cancer screenings in potential patients and how the COVID-19 pandemic has increased existing inequities in cancer care.

The FDA has approved fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki for the treatment of patients with unresectable or metastatic HER2-low breast cancer.

In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Jamie Brett and Seth Wander, MD, PhD, discussed recent findings regarding CDK4/6 for patients with hormone receptor-positive metastatic breast cancer with ESR1 alterations.

The phase 3 PADA-1 trial revealed a correlation between estrogen receptor- and progesterone receptor-positive metastatic breast cancer and prolonged progression-free survival.

Erika P. Hamilton, MD, discusses the evolution of fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki through its examination in various trials.

The FDA has accepted an application for the approval of fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki for the treatment of select adult patients with unresectable or metastatic HER2-low breast cancer.

During a Targeted Oncology case-based roundtable event, Elizabeth Ann Mittendorf, MD, discussed with participants their choice of treatment after progression for a patient with triple-negative breast cancer treated with adjuvant dose-dense doxorubicin plus cyclophosphamide with paclitaxel. This is the first of 2 articles based on this event.

The developer of OP-1250 anticipates working closely with the FDA to expedite the development of the drug for the treatment of hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer.

There are several trials with oral SERDs in clinical development for hormone-receptor-positive metastatic breast cancer as both monotherapies and in combination therapy.

In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Lajos Pusztai, MD, DPhil, discussed the updated findings of the phase 3 KEYNOTE-522 clinical trial of pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy in patients with TNBC vs placebo plus chemotherapy.

The use of endocrine therapy as single agents serves as the control arm for many clinical studies seeking to improve upon outcomes with combination regimens and newer agents for patients with HR-positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer.

Praluzatamab ravtansine achieved confirmed overall response rate in patients with advanced hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative breast cancer, meeting the primary end point of the phase 2 CTMX-2009-002 trial.

Neil Vasan, MD, PhD, discusses how past studies have supported de-escalated approaches and other improvements to treatment for patients with HER2-positive breast cancer.

Tiffany A. Traina, MD, discussed the ASCENT Trial examining patients with triple negative breast cancer.

William J. Gradishar, MD, discusses the impact of new data on the National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines for patients with early-stage breast cancer.

Developers of elacestrant are seeking FDA approval of the agent for the treatment of patients with ER-positive/HER2-negative advanced or metastatic breast cancer.

Updated data from the CHiRP study demonstrates clinical potential with the RaDaR minimal residual disease test in patients with high-risk hormone receptor–positive human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative breast cancer.

During a Targeted Oncology case-based roundtable event, Ruta D. Rao, MD, discussed the case of a patient with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer who progressed following frontline adjuvant ddAC-paclitaxel.